An Antioch well being care govt charged with defrauding a federal veterans program of $7 million was arrested at San Francisco Worldwide Airport whereas making an attempt to board a flight to Nigeria, the U.S. Division of Justice introduced this week.
Cashmir Chinedu Luke, believed to be 66, was chief govt of 4 Corners Well being LLC, which supplied in-home nursing for aged veterans in Contra Costa, San Francisco, Fresno, Tulare, Merced, Mariposa and Madera counties.
Prosecutors say that between December 2019 and July 2024, Luke submitted round 10,000 reimbursement requests to the U.S. Division of Veterans Affairs for care that was by no means supplied. That included claims for days caretakers weren’t with veterans, hours caretakers didn’t work and look after veterans who had been truly useless.
Luke was the only real proprietor of 4 Corners and personally profited from the reimbursement scheme. Prosecutors allege he spent lavishly on private bills and transferred the funds throughout a community of financial institution accounts all through Asia and Africa.
If convicted, Luke faces as much as 10 years in jail and a positive of as much as $250,000.
